Jurgen's artwork

Jurgen

I've been working in Krita for some time now. Here is my digital work. Feedback and critique is more than welcome:)

Jurgen

The Ballis monster:

The idea for this one came from being inspired by Evolve the game and Predator a bit.

Aimzj

Wow! The detail is incredible, keep up the impressive work :D

Jurgen

@Aimzj, thanx a lot:)
Here is another image I finished today.

Aimzj

On average, how many hours goes into one of your artworks?

EvanGreenwood

I really like the weird fantasy of "The Ballis Monster". It's quite unsettling, sort of in a horror-genitalia way.

Jurgen

@Aimzj, for the Ballis monster it took me about 2 days, 6-8 hours a day:).

Jurgen

Here is a sketch on paper I did earlier.

Jurgen

This one is an electrical airship:

EvanGreenwood

Really like the style of technology design in these last two illustrations. Reminds me a bit of the illustrations in "The Future Is Now" http://f1x-2.deviantart.com/art/Lost-627290662

(With the combination of 90s hotrod gears and pistons inside futuristic machines... 90s-punk I guess)

Jurgen

@EvanGreenwood,Cool:) Thanx. I really like his work, reminds me of Akira and the idea of transhumanism.
Very inspiring.

Jurgen

"Make a move."

Jurgen

Thumbnails:

Jurgen

Ive started to conceptualize a world of my own, I call it "Luir".
It is a type of hell/purgatory/dimension which I am striving to inhabit.
Here is a creature concept for Luir:

Jurgen

Trees in Luir are sacred for they hold life and the potential of growing.

Jurgen

Some more Luir concepts:

Jurgen

Here is a sword summoning concept for a theme I call "Magi of the North":

Jurgen

I've come across this concept in my artistic journey:


The idea is that the terrain relates to the characters in an interesting way. If the stairway is more demonic/foreign in relation to the knight and closer in theme to the demon, the knight will be the outsider and vise versa.
On the other hand if the stairway is foreign to both characters, what are they doing there, what is the story being told?

Jurgen

The leaping warrior:

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Chasing prey:

Jurgen

Venom fan art:

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Thulin Elderkind:

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Ape type warrior concept:)

Jurgen

The Saras Ogre:

jackshiels

How are your modeling skills? Amazing work btw!

Jurgen

Hi @jackshiels, thanx:D
I'm not good at modeling. It's something I haven't practiced at all really.

Jurgen

"White-face":

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The Talam'athi centurion:

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Naval Mech MS-R34:

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Snake Mountain:

vince

Just popping in to say well done! Keep it up! I really like white face and the mech art. Snake mountain looks to be an awesome concept as well!

Jurgen

The Severon crystal:

EvanGreenwood

There's some sweet designs here! Love your mechanical designs (as I've said before). The naval mech is especially good. Obviously I like the Masters of the Universe fan art.

I'm not an artist by trade, so I don't know how much criticism I show be offering. It seems to me that when you add colour it's more of a suggestion for the kind of colour that the thing should be, rather than a rendering of the colour of the image, or even a proper guide for what colour this thing should actually be should it make it's way into a game (should the Centurion be only slide hue variations of muddy green?).

Images like the Centuron and the Naval Mech feel very underdeveloped in terms of your colouring. Maybe it'd be a good time to practice some colour studies to help that side of your craft catch up with the other bits you seem to be excelling in.

I obviously don't know what aspects of illustration and/or concept art you are trying to get good at. Though I think colour is very important at selling an image to the viewer, and also important in terms of providing colour information for the creation of an asset from a piece of concept art.

Jurgen

@EvenGreenwood, thanx for the comment:D

For the Centurion and the Naval Mech, I was uncertain how to still preserve the line work and bring in colour. (That's why I made the hues like they are.)
You are right, colour is something I need to practice, theres a lot more I can do there:)

I am currently working on this image:


and here is the planning for the image thusfar:



For this one I need to plan the colour as well, for the type of effect that will enhance the message I'm trying to convey.

Thanx for the awesome input:)

Jurgen

What inspires Concept artist James Paick?
https://youtu.be/tuGThhMI1Yw

Sometimes I get stuck with a design, not knowing how to proceed further. I think it has to do with planning before execution. It's like the initial excitement has left midway through the work.
A solution I believe is to source your own inspiration from sketches and doodles. Like the video in the link above, experience grants confidence and stamina when creating:)

Jurgen

Here is the first page of a type of journal/sketchbook that I'm doing. The character who the journal belongs to is a vampire.

Jurgen

Page two:

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Page three:

Jurgen

Lighting study:


It's interesting the effect of different types of lighting. Lighting also creates mood.

Jurgen

I've been doing some of Michal Kus's tutorials:
https://gumroad.com/michalkus

This is what I came up with:)

Jurgen

Necromancer design process:

Elyaradine

Really liking how consistently you're working, and can see the marked improvement. :)

Jurgen

Frostek:

watson

Hi Jurgen , your hard work is paying off, good going . I like the necromancer design.
The line drawings are looking awsome

Jurgen

I've started to record my painting process:)

Jurgen

Here is the end result after the above video:)

Jurgen

Here is an image I'm busy with:
First the planning :)


Here is how far I am:


I would like feedback on this image please :) for the purpose of making it cooler/more awesome, design wise.
Feedback will be highly appreciated.

Jurgen

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Ship rider concept:

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The Replenishing: